Display Settings

[Guest Beau]

I just reinstalled windows 98 SE on my Dell Latitude CP Laptop and my display

doesn't even fill up half the screen. My display settings are stuck at either

2 or 16 Colors and 640 X 480. I can't find the drivers on Dell. I guess it

came with plain old 98 and when I reinstalled I put 98 SE on it don't know if

that matters but I sure can't figure it out. Any clues??

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Display Settings

 

Note that the list of possible OSes includes Win2000 and WinME, in addition

to 98 and 95 and everything that came before that (more or less.) I'll lay

you a thousand to one that the term "98" in this case includes 98SE.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Beau" <Beau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I just reinstalled windows 98 SE on my Dell Latitude CP Laptop and my

>display

> doesn't even fill up half the screen. My display settings are stuck at

> either

> 2 or 16 Colors and 640 X 480. I can't find the drivers on Dell. I guess it

> came with plain old 98 and when I reinstalled I put 98 SE on it don't know

> if

> that matters but I sure can't figure it out. Any clues??

[Guest Beau]

Re: Display Settings

 

 

 

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> Note that the list of possible OSes includes Win2000 and WinME, in addition

> to 98 and 95 and everything that came before that (more or less.) I'll lay

> you a thousand to one that the term "98" in this case includes 98SE.

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

 

It's indeed 98SE that I installed so why can't I change the display settings?

> MS-MVP Shell/User

> http://www.grystmill.com

>

> "Beau" <Beau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:AD4B24E6-235E-4A63-9935-6D6F346883DA@microsoft.com...

> >I just reinstalled windows 98 SE on my Dell Latitude CP Laptop and my

> >display

> > doesn't even fill up half the screen. My display settings are stuck at

> > either

> > 2 or 16 Colors and 640 X 480. I can't find the drivers on Dell. I guess it

> > came with plain old 98 and when I reinstalled I put 98 SE on it don't know

> > if

> > that matters but I sure can't figure it out. Any clues??

>

>

[Guest lb]

Re: Display Settings

 

 

 

Beau wrote:

> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

>

> > Note that the list of possible OSes includes Win2000 and WinME, in addition

> > to 98 and 95 and everything that came before that (more or less.) I'll lay

> > you a thousand to one that the term "98" in this case includes 98SE.

> >

> > --

> > Gary S. Terhune

>

> It's indeed 98SE that I installed so why can't I change the display settings?

> > MS-MVP Shell/User

> > http://www.grystmill.com

> >

> > "Beau" <Beau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:AD4B24E6-235E-4A63-9935-6D6F346883DA@microsoft.com...

> > >I just reinstalled windows 98 SE on my Dell Latitude CP Laptop and my

> > >display

> > > doesn't even fill up half the screen. My display settings are stuck at

> > > either

> > > 2 or 16 Colors and 640 X 480. I can't find the drivers on Dell. I guess it

> > > came with plain old 98 and when I reinstalled I put 98 SE on it don't know

> > > if

> > > that matters but I sure can't figure it out. Any clues??

> >

> >

 

You will need to find out what type of video card is installed. Your

machine should have come with a drivers disk but maybe you cannot find

it. You could try Belarc Advisor as this tells you a lot about your

system including installed hardware, but I am not sure where it gets

the information. It might report a "Generic" display driver as that.

The literature that came with the computer should say. You did not

mention if you did a clean install or a repair install (on top of the

old). If you can find out the brand of the card or onboard chip you

can find drivers for it on the internet. g/l

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Display Settings

 

Go here and get the video drivers (and any of the rest that apply) and

install them according to instructions.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=W98&osl=EN&catid=-1&impid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=LAT_PNT_PNT_CP&hidos=WW1&hidlang=en

 

TinyURL = http://tinyurl.com/2col4z (if the above link doesn't work for

you.)

 

If you're not sure what is in your system,, get Everest 2.02 and run it. The

app is no longer widely available, so you can download it from my private

site.

http://grystmill.com/shared/everesthome220.exe

 

It should tell you the make/model of a component. Note that your video is

almost certainly a "NeoMagic" NM2160, because Dell only provides those

drivers, and because they seldom shipped more than one model of video

adapter in any particular model of laptop.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Beau" <Beau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

>

> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

>

>> Note that the list of possible OSes includes Win2000 and WinME, in

>> addition

>> to 98 and 95 and everything that came before that (more or less.) I'll

>> lay

>> you a thousand to one that the term "98" in this case includes 98SE.

>>

>> --

>> Gary S. Terhune

>

> It's indeed 98SE that I installed so why can't I change the display

> settings?

>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>> http://www.grystmill.com

>>

>> "Beau" <Beau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:AD4B24E6-235E-4A63-9935-6D6F346883DA@microsoft.com...

>> >I just reinstalled windows 98 SE on my Dell Latitude CP Laptop and my

>> >display

>> > doesn't even fill up half the screen. My display settings are stuck at

>> > either

>> > 2 or 16 Colors and 640 X 480. I can't find the drivers on Dell. I guess

>> > it

>> > came with plain old 98 and when I reinstalled I put 98 SE on it don't

>> > know

>> > if

>> > that matters but I sure can't figure it out. Any clues??

>>

>>